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Effect of Oxygen Partial Pressure on Formation of the Bacterial Photosynthetic Apparatus

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Most living chemotrophic organisms generate free energy in the form of ATP by oxidative phosphorylation. This oxygen-consuming process is localized on mitochondrial or bacterial membranes and leads to a membrane potential and a proton gradient over the membrane (proton motive force), which drives ATP synthesis at proton (H+) ATPase. Oxygen is produced by plant-type photosynthesis during the day when water is split by photosystem II into reducing equivalents for CO2 fixation and oxygen in a light-energy dependent process.

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    Gerhart Drews

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Drews, G. (1988). Effect of Oxygen Partial Pressure on Formation of the Bacterial Photosynthetic Apparatus. In: Acker, H. (eds) Oxygen Sensing in Tissues. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83444-8_1

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